The Simple Wife

When I was a little girl, I remember watching my dear mother putting on a pair jeans. I remember finding it interesting, because she would hold her breath, lay flat on her bed, and wrestle with the zipper until it arrived at the top. My childish mind thought the episode fit nicely into one of those categories of things adults did that I never had to bother with…until now.

This morning, while I got ready for work, I found myself caught between a rock and a hard place: my maternity jeans were too loose, and my regular jeans were too tight. A very difficult decision. Did I want to go around in my now slightly baggy, and consequently dowdy looking (but oh, so comfortable!) maternity jeans, or did I want to squeeze into my regular jeans, which if I could somehow pull the darn zipper up and button them (without the button popping off), would make my tummy look flatter, and accentuate my curves while hiding my “mommy pooch”–mainly due to the fact that it had been stuffed inside of unyielding fabric. I of course, chose the latter. Vanity, vanity!

It was while I was holding my breath, and pulling the jeans as close together as possible in order to get the ridiculously temperamental zipper up (zippers have obviously never been through childbirth) that the image of my mom came back and the thought flashed through my mind: “I’m doing another one of those mom things!”

Ahhhhh…it’s a good thing my little boy has such a precious smile. One look at his little face and I don’t care what he did to my tummy–although it does motivate me to keep on jogging and to give him a pretty mommy to look at (not like he cares, but whatever!).

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